Windy City Playhouse presents CHAPTER TWO. CHAPTER TWO premiered in 1977. It was Playwright Neil Simon’s tribute to his second wife Marsha Mason. The semi-autobiographical play focuses on a widower’s struggle between his dead wife and his new love. Throw in a meddling brother and a sexually-frustrated friend and the set-up is pure frothy rom-com. The ...
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Review “Pilgrim’s Progress” (A Red Orchid Theatre): Wacky and Smart!
A Red Orchid Theatre presents the World Premiere of PILGRIM’S PROGRESS. In two words, Playwright Brett Neveu’s tale is wacky and smart! This quirky family Thanksgiving is a charcoal black comedy. Dad is a stage actor. Mom is a psychologist. Son is an earth-poet. And daughter is a pregnant teen. Neveu’s characters are each unique. And ...
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Review “Wozzeck” (Lyric Opera): Tight and Unsettling Examination of Humanity
The Lyric Opera of Chicago presents a new production of WOZZECK . Lyric’s latest opera is a unique theatrical experience for multiple reasons. Historically, Composer Alban Berg debuted this opera in Berlin in 1925. He had seen the the 1830‘s play “Wozzeck” in 1914. He begin writing the opera about a soldier named Wozzeck during World ...
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Review “Four Women: Josephine, Eartha, Nina and Tina” (Chicago Humanities Festival): Phenomenal!
(From L to R) Lili-Anne Brown, Lynne Jordan, Monique Haley, Bethany Thomas, Karla Beard-Leroy, Alexis J. Rogers, Dee Alexander, and E. Faye Butler singing Four Women at the Chicago Humanities Festival production of Four Women on Monday, Nov. 2 at Francis W Parker School, as part of the 2015 Fall Festival, Citizens. Photo by ...
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Review “The Time of Your Life” (The Artistic Home): Is Now! See it before Nov. 15th
The Artistic Home presents THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE. It’s 1939. People are unemployed, hungry and desperate. A mysterious man named Joe (played by Scott Westerman) holds court at Nick’s Tavern. Although the world around him is uncertain, he finds solace and beauty in his established routine of unpredictability. As various drunks, hookers, and seedy officials ...
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Review “The Play About My Dad” (Raven Theatre): Poignant Hurricane Storytelling
Raven Theatre presents THE PLAY ABOUT MY DAD. Playwright Boo Killebrew tells Hurricane Katrina stories about her hometown, Gulfport, Mississippi. A family refusing to evacuate. An old lady waiting for her son to arrive from New Orleans. Two paramedics holding down their post. And Dr. Larry Killebrew, the playwright’s father, working through the storm at the ...
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Review “Treasure Island” (Lookingglass Theatre): I Found Gold!
Lookingglass Theatre, in conjunction with Berkeley Repertory Theatre, presents the World Premiere of TREASURE ISLAND. Adapter and director Mary Zimmerman is at the helm of Lookingglass’ second voyage to sea. After closing their past season with the successful MOBY DICK expedition, Lookingglass opens this season with their TREASURE ISLAND adventure. Zimmerman adapts Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic ...
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Review “The Terrible” (The New Colony): Therapeutic Performance Art with “No Exit”
The New Colony presents the world premiere of THE TERRIBLE. The lighting is stark. The stage is silent. Jessica London-Shields (Woolfe) methodically removes her clothes. She pulls on a one-piece, army-colored jumper. She sets up a camera and two tape recorders. Then, London-Shields binds her wrists from a rope suspended from a grappling hook. And in ...